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CHICAGO -- Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum has accepted a demotion to the Los Angeles Angels Triple-A team. Edwin Encarnacion Jersey .The Angels announced Tuesday that Lincecum plans to report to Salt Lake City this week.The Angels designated Lincecum for assignment Saturday after he went 2-6 with a 9.16 ERA in nine starts since signing on May 20 following left hip surgery. The 32-year-old right-hander had the right to refuse a minor league assignment after no other team claimed him off waivers.Lincecum signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Giants after holding a showcase workout in Arizona for most major league teams.The Angels also placed right-hander Cam Bedrosian on the 15-day disabled list with a tendinitis in his right middle finger. Right-hander A.J. Achters contract was selected from Salt Lake City.And Los Angeles claimed left-hander Brett Oberholtzer off waivers from Philadelphia. Danny Salazar Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Tyler Naquin Jersey . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. http://www.indiansteamproshop.com/Indians-Bob-Feller-Kids-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Several construction companies rigged their bids for 2014 World Cup stadiums, driving up costs by overcharging for the work, according to Brazils anti-trust body.So far, there are indications that at least five bids related to World Cup stadiums were the subject of the cartel, the anti-trust body CADE said in a statement.Five stadium projects included Rio de Janeiros famous Maracana Stadium, where Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 World Cup final.The other stadiums named Monday in the statement were in the northeastern city of Recife, and in Belo Horizonte in the southeast. The other two stadiums were not named.CADE said three other stadiums used in the World Cup also could have been tainted by corruption. They were named as venues in Fortaleza, Natal and Salvador -- all cities in the northeast.Brazil used 12 stadiums for the World Cup, although the governing body of world soccer FIFA required only eight venues.Four of the new or remodeled stadiums were built in cities without top-division soccer clubs and have become white elephants. They included Cuiaba, Natal, Brasilia and the Amazon city of Manaus.CADE said it obtained the bid-rigging information in a leniency agreementt with construction company Andrade Gutierrez. Carlos Baerga Jersey. It said the companies worked with an anti-competitive agreement to rig bid prices.Reports have been widespread about corruption linked to World Cup stadiums. Investigations are also on-going involving construction projects tied to this years Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.An analysis last year said Brazil spent about $3 billon on new and refurbished World Cup stadiums, with 90 percent of the funding being public money. Reports say Brazil spent about $15 billion overall to organize the World Cup, and about the same on the Olympics.The expenditures have been widely criticized as Brazil has plunged into a deep recession with several states -- including Rio de Janeiro state -- being months behind paying public service workers like teachers and hospital employees.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWade . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wadeMauricio Savarese on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MSavarese .His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/mauricio-savarese ' ' '